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Atkinson wins 2015 CHASS Australia Book Prize  Archive

Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Alan Atkinson’s The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation (NewSouth) has won the 2015 Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500,...

UK indie publisher signs two Australian authors  Archive

Tuesday, 20 October 2015
UK independent publisher Legend Press has acquired the rights to titles from two Australian authors, reports the Bookseller. The publisher has purchased the rights to Emily Bitto’s Stella Prize-winning novel...

Heather Fisher wins 2015 Lady Cutler Award  Archive

Monday, 19 October 2015
Librarian and teacher Heather Fisher has won this year’s Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service...

On tour: Meet the author Ayelet Waldman  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Ayelet Waldman is the author of several novels and the nonfiction book Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace (Two Roads). She will be travelling...

Rhonda Black on assisting Indigenous publishing  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Before retiring as director of Aboriginal Studies Press, Rhonda Black oversaw the publication of the Guidelines for Ethical Publishing, a free resource to assist publishers working with Aboriginal and Torres...

Future reading: Fiction top picks for 2016  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
A ‘brilliant, dark Tasmanian gothic novel’ tops Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes’ most-anticipated fiction list. Debut author Sarah Kanake’s Sing Fox to Me (February) tells the story of 14-year-old twins who are sent to Tasmania...

The dark art of digital production  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
  While many Australian publishers have outsourced their ebook production, there is a strong case for building those skills in-house, writes Simon Collinson. It’s no secret that many in the...

Lessons in leasing  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Two booksellers share their rental experiences with Brad Jefferies.According to Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker, one of the leading causes of recent bookshop closures has been the cost of leasing. Electric...

Your store: Baby book bouquets  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Sydney has come up with a creative new way to promote children’s books as gifts for newborns.The ‘Pages & Pages Baby Book Bouquet’ contains seven...

Your store: Book-ish boot camp  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Riverbend Books in Brisbane is hoping to push its customers’ reading endurance with a new Literary Book Camp.Readers who sign up to the boot camp are sent a secret list...

Your store: Tea reads  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Forget coffee and cupcakes. Scrumptious Reads, a culinary bookstore and event space based in Brisbane, is specialising in matcha-based drinks and sweets. Owner Julie Tjiandra has partnered with her friend Sinmei...

Editor’s picks  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
Yoga, feminism and travel inform this month’s editor’s picks. Curious fictionHow can I resist a novel that has a literary translator as its protagonist (not to mention an indie bookshop owner...

Shelf talk: Healthy habits  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
The following adult colouring books don’t claim to promote mindfulness, but a few hours with these seems like a pretty stress-free activity (and they also make fun, on-trend stocking stuffers). This...

Shelf talk: Funny pages  Archive

Sunday, 18 October 2015
It’s silly season at Affirm Press, which has a handful of humour books coming out toward the end of the year. Death by Coconut—50 Things More Dangerous than a Shark...

 

 

 

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